Altenwerder

Altenwerder (German pronunciation ) is a quarter in the Harburg borough of the Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg in northern Germany. In the 1970s the city of Hamburg announced the formal dispossession of all property to build the Container Terminal Altenwerder. The terminal started its operation in 2003. Altenwerder is a quarter almost without population. In 2016 the population was 3.

Altenwerder
Quarter of Hamburg
Container Terminal Altenwerder in 2004
Location of Altenwerder in Hamburg
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Coordinates: 53°30′0″N 9°55′0″E
Country	Germany
State	Hamburg
City	Hamburg
Borough	Harburg, Hamburg
Area
• Total	6.8 km^2 (2.6 sq mi)
Population  (31-12-2016)
• Total	3
• Density	0.44/km^2 (1.1/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Dialling codes	040
Vehicle registration	HH

History

Map of Altenwerder in 1878

Around 1418 the settlement was newly dyked, because of a treaty between the Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Johann Slamsdorp, the Prince-Archbishop of Bremen, both local lords to the settlement.

Geography

In 2006 according to the statistical office of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein, the quarter Altenwerder has a total area of 6.8 km². In the North is the quarter Waltershof of the borough Hamburg-Mitte, in the east is the quarter Wilhelmsburg. Alternwerder borders in the South to Moorburg and in the West to Francop.

Demographics

In 2016 in the quarter Altenwerder were living 3 people.

In 1999 there were 18 households out of which 11.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them and 83.3% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 1.44.[1]

Population by year [2]

1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
76	74	67	90	105	421	410	319	324	130	52	37	23

2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
1	12	0	n/a	0	0	2	2	3

In 2006 there were 54 criminal offences.[3]

Notes

1. Source: statistical office Nord of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein (1999)
2. Residents registration office, source: statistical office Nord of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein (2006)
3. State Investigation Bureaux (Landeskriminalamt), source: statistical office Nord of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein (2006)

References

• Statistical office Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein Statistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein, official website (in German)

External links

Media related to Altenwerder at Wikimedia Commons